Barisal-5

Barisal-5
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Barisal District
Division	Barisal Division
Electorate	397,514 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Zahid Faruk

Barisal-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Zahid Faruk of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Barisal City Corporation and Barisal Sadar Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdul Mannan Howlader	Awami League [4]
	1979	Sunil Kumar Gupta	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
	1986	M. Matiur Rahman	Jatiya Party [6] [7]
	1991	Abdur Rahman Biswas	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Dec 1991 by-election	Majibur Rahman Sarwar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Nasim Biswas	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1998 by-election	Majibur Rahman Sarwar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Jan 2014	Shawkat Hossain Hiron	Awami League
	Jun 2014 by-election	Jebunnesa Afroz	Awami League
	2018	Zahid Faruk	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shawkat Hossain Hiron died in April 2014. ^[8] Jebunnesa Afroz, his widow, was elected in a June 2014 by-election. ^[9]

Barisal-5 by-election, June 2014 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Jebunnesa Afroz	183,629	96.1	+49.3
	BNF	Saiful Islam Liton	6,136	3.2	N/A
Majority			177,493	92.9	+90.2
Turnout			191,028	55.8	-24.1
	AL hold

Shawkat Hossain Hiron, of the Awami League, was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Barisal-5 ^{[2] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Majibur Rahman Sarwar	105,694	45.0	-14.7
	AL	Zahid Faruk	99,393	42.3	+13.5
	IAB	Sayed Md. Faizul Karim	27,156	11.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Mizanur Rahman Bachchu	2,023	0.9	N/A
	National People's Party	A.B.M. Masud Karim	251	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Mahbub Uddin Ahmed	225	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,301	2.7	-28.1
Turnout			234,742	79.9	+16.1
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Barisal-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Majibur Rahman Sarwar	108,412	59.7
	AL	Shawkat Hossain Hiron	52,385	28.8
	IJOF	Sayed Md. Faizul Karim	20,553	11.3
	JSD	S. M. Saifur Rahman	244	0.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Shafiqul Islam Shah Alam	143	0.1
Majority			56,027	30.8
Turnout			181,737	63.8
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

Nasim Biswas died in March 1998. ^[14] Majibur Rahman Sarwar, of the BNP, was elected in a mid-1998 by-election. ^{[15] [16]}

General Election June 1996: Barisal-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nasim Biswas	70,804	45.8
	AL	Mahabub Uddin Ahmed	42,922	27.7
	JP(E)	Shawkat Hossain Hiron	31,111	20.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Muazzaman Hossain Helel	4,667	3.0
	IOJ	Syed Nashir Ahmed Kowsher	4,647	3.0
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mostafizur Rahman	330	0.2
	FP	A. Hannan Chowdhury	131	0.1
	Independent	Md. Hannan Sherniabad	69	0.0
	Independent	Md. A. Malek Mridha	68	0.0
Majority			27,882	18.0
Turnout			154,749	73.7
	BNP hold

In October 1991, Abdur Rahman Biswas became President of Bangladesh, vacating his parliamentary seat. ^[17] M. R. Sarwar was elected in a December 1991 by-election. ^[18]

General Election 1991: Barisal-5 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdur Rahman Biswas	52,095	43.7
	AL	Mahabub Uddin Ahmed	28,705	24.1
	JP(E)	M. Matiur Rahman	22,864	19.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abul Hasnat Md. Nurullah	5,704	4.8
	IOJ	Rashid Ahmod Ferdous	4,177	3.5
	WPB	Rashed Khan Menon	1,712	1.4
	Zaker Party	Alauddin Miah	1,544	1.3
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Obaidul Islam	1,383	1.2
	Independent	Md. Enaet Pir Khan	336	0.3
	Independent	Tofael Ahmed	165	0.1
	National Democratic Party	Shamsul Alam	138	0.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Sikder Md. Nizam	131	0.1
	FP	Kazi Abdul Naim	118	0.1
	Jatiya Jukta Front	F. A. Faisal	87	0.1
	Independent	Khandakar M. A. Kasem	35	0.0
Majority			23,390	19.6
Turnout			119,194	47.9
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos .

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